Forspoken

 PlayStation 5
User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1508 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 462 out of 1508
  2. Mixed: 120 out of 1508
  3. Negative: 926 out of 1508
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  1. BenFauWriter
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Empty world, kinda boring and generic, graphics aren't great in performance mode, npc are poorly made (looks like a ps4 game). However, parkour is original and fun.
  2. pant3on
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    it's a disappointing game from start to finish, with the most boring mechanics i've seen in a long time. it really takes forever to finish the game.
  3. SamuhraiCAMploo
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    I hate that this game is being review bombed like this, but it’s honestly a great game with some flaws but then again no game is perfect. The magic parkour is awesome and the combat is really fun. The story starts as a slow burn but it picks up really well
  4. Nintengod2873
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esperaba un poco más de squiere pero me an decepcionado talvez si hubieran retrasado el juego un poco de tiempo más hubiera salido mejor… Expand
  5. jroccishere
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    Love the graphics, the abilities and powers. Love the parkour. The gameplay is satisfying. The dialogue is corny and confusing, but other than that the game is awesome!!
  6. N9nelives999
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    I actually like the stupid dialogue, I think all the cussing is right on with teens now days. I’ve really enjoyed it and the magic is excellent. Ppl r just haters nowadays.
  7. NeonNinja225
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Game is really fun the combat is next gen the traversal is next gen the game looks beautiful
  8. BluRavnX
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    I don't understand the hate. Yes, some of the writing isn't the best, but the story is not bad. The game has good graphics. I'm not sure why people are saying the graphics are bad. It's a beautiful game. The gameplay is great. It starts slow, but it's very fun and flows well as you get going and into the open world. There is lots to do. When doing the story I get sidetrackedI don't understand the hate. Yes, some of the writing isn't the best, but the story is not bad. The game has good graphics. I'm not sure why people are saying the graphics are bad. It's a beautiful game. The gameplay is great. It starts slow, but it's very fun and flows well as you get going and into the open world. There is lots to do. When doing the story I get sidetracked constantly doing side quests and I enjoy doing them. I am more than halfway through the game and I have been loving it. The side quests in the towns are kinda boring, the ones in the open world are much better. I have not been able to stop playing. I just don't get the hate. I gave a 10 to bump up the score but I would give it an 8.5. Nothing below an 8. If the writing was better I'd give it a 10. But for the scenery, the music and combat alone I think it deserves at least an 8. And hey, it actually dropped on console without any major gamebreaking bugs. That's rare these days. I've experienced very little bugs or glitches, runs very smooth on ps5. Haven't experienced anything close to gamebreaking bugs though. If someone is rating this game a zero then they probably only played the demo or just want to hate to hate. It's 30 to 40 hrs of enjoyable atmosphere, music and combat. I really like it.… Expand
  9. TruthSayer2018
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    Even though 2023 just started, I can see this being the biggest flop of the year, especially considering the aspirations that SQEX had regarding their "new" internal AAA studio.
    Apart from sometimes dated visuals and a plethora of confusing design choices, the worst part of the game by far is the writing and more precisely, the narrative design. While the English localization can also    Even though 2023 just started, I can see this being the biggest flop of the year, especially considering the aspirations that SQEX had regarding their "new" internal AAA studio.
    Apart from sometimes dated visuals and a plethora of confusing design choices, the worst part of the game by far is the writing and more precisely, the narrative design. While the English localization can also only be described as a botched job, the original lines are so horrific that whoever was in charge of this should be fired immediately. I can only imagine that they used someone with no talent AND no experience in that field, otherwise this cannot be explained.
    I hope Luminous Productions goes the way of the dodo.    … Expand
  10. Andreeesg
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    Que jogo patético, a campanha é péssima e a protagonista é uma das piores que já vi. Só não dou nota 0 porque o gameplay é até legal.
  11. Arthur1606
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    It's the worst game I've ever played. That's how bad Square Enix is to make such crap exclusive.
  12. saitamaro
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Please dont listen to the hate bombers, the game is actually good. If Assassins Creed Valhalla has 84 score, then this game deserves at least 87 score. Its a lot better than Valhalla, just try the game out, dont listen to dumb reviews most of them didnt even play the game

    Now I'll do a proper review about the game Sounddesign 10/10 Graphics and art direction 10/10 Dialogue 6/10    Please dont listen to the hate bombers, the game is actually good. If Assassins Creed Valhalla has 84 score, then this game deserves at least 87 score. Its a lot better than Valhalla, just try the game out, dont listen to dumb reviews most of them didnt even play the game

    Now I'll do a proper review about the game

    Sounddesign 10/10
    Graphics and art direction 10/10
    Dialogue 6/10
    Story 7/10
    Fun 10/10
    Combat 10/10
    UI 10/10
    Questdesign 5/10

    Generally speaking its a very solid game but it has its flaws, the dialogues are repeated very often which gets annoying over time, the open world is actually not as empty as people claim it is, its literally the lore of the game that it is empty. But despite that it has a lot to do

    Some sidequests like the city tour clearly needed some work but its not inferior to some assassins creed quests, its literally the same, so its not great but its not the worst in the world

    Just give the game a try    … Expand
  13. Animae
    Jan 25, 2023
    5
    This game fails on everything we expected. Story wise is so bad and cliché that a 8 years old kid could have written the story.
    The open world is repetitive, filled with a miriad or interest points that you have to clear to get drops and stats (statues). Also it feels very wrong on some levels.
    Frey is an unlikable main character, she only swears all the time and you can easilly forget    This game fails on everything we expected. Story wise is so bad and cliché that a 8 years old kid could have written the story.
    The open world is repetitive, filled with a miriad or interest points that you have to clear to get drops and stats (statues). Also it feels very wrong on some levels.

    Frey is an unlikable main character, she only swears all the time and you can easilly forget about her.
    The only good part is the combat system but there are so many problems around it that it needs months above months of patches to fix everything.

    I'm very sad about this, I expected this game a lot and it failed us on everything    … Expand
  14. Blessed09
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    The game is perfectly fine and fun. Maybe it's a bit too expensive as most modern games are but that's not an actual valid critique of the game itself.
  15. krutoj
    Jan 25, 2023
    3
    This is "Baby's first open world game". It's so formulaic, that you can name any open world cliche and it will be in the game. Square Enix should have made this game linear, maybe then it would have been good. As it stands now it's just a subpar open world game in an ocean of open world games.
  16. Vietnguyen
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Visually stimulating and a musical delight, but boring combat, poor characterization, and loose movement mechanics make for a mediocre experience.
  17. rokajoska
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Not sure why all the hate, not every game is a masterpiece, i only put 10 to up the score a little, but it is easily an above average title, with deep combat, and awesome traversal mechanics, Frey is cool once you stop hating and put yourself in a 20 year old New Yorker orphans shoes, how wpuld you express yourself really? Have fun with the game, i certainly am
    Ps : no bugs and crashes on    Not sure why all the hate, not every game is a masterpiece, i only put 10 to up the score a little, but it is easily an above average title, with deep combat, and awesome traversal mechanics, Frey is cool once you stop hating and put yourself in a 20 year old New Yorker orphans shoes, how wpuld you express yourself really? Have fun with the game, i certainly am
    Ps : no bugs and crashes on the PS 5, runs like butter , forget ray tracing and all, but solid 60fps in performance mode    … Expand
  18. voxy
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Great game. The first 2-3 hours and handling of cut-scenes are bad, but it's an amazing journey and the game has really fun fighting mechanics and parkour.
  19. AndyX1
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    What the point in this site. when children been giving it 0 and 2s and probably haven't even played it .
  20. NRistic
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    2023 continues the trend of "better wait for reviews before pre-ordering" as the state of mainstream gaming continues to nosedive into the sewer. Forspoken was dead in the water from its demo but the actual game is even worse! So what are companies and devs actually thinking
  21. djsalassound
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Un buen mundo abierto muy bonito pero con unos graficos algo mejorables que seguro en futuras actualizaciones se solucionara
  22. RoverDiscover
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    This should have been a banger, but it ended up being embarassing. Mid open world graphics, awful dialogues, terrible cutscenes, dated gameplay. Square Enix, you can do better.
  23. TiffanyStarr
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Giving it a 10 to counter balance the sexist racists review bombing this game. They can't handle playing as a black woman apparently. The game is more of a 7. Great, fast flowing combat with a lot to do. Story is well done for what it is and the game is very pretty. Can start to feel a bit tedious later on though.
  24. DarkArcanin3
    Jan 25, 2023
    3
    I honestly cannot say enough to describe how disappointed I am with this game.
    - Shallow combat mechanics
    - Shallow story that gets worse and worse at every moment - Another arrogant, unlikable main character and generally bad character design - Narrative vision non-existent and terrible writing - Absolutely awful AI making combat not very engaging or rewarding - Silly, cringe,    I honestly cannot say enough to describe how disappointed I am with this game.
    - Shallow combat mechanics
    - Shallow story that gets worse and worse at every moment
    - Another arrogant, unlikable main character and generally bad character design
    - Narrative vision non-existent and terrible writing
    - Absolutely awful AI making combat not very engaging or rewarding
    - Silly, cringe, unnecessary comments and complaining from the main character (honestly at some point I started question whether she actually wants to be part of the story because she seemed to hate everything) Also she constantly mocks people and disrespects NPCs in the game for no real reason.
    - Questionable levelling and upgrade system
    - Repetitive....
    - Decent visuals (at times), and nice fluid traversal    … Expand
  25. Fatmandu
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    They should have made the main character wear less clothes then the game would be more fun to play
  26. Vektron
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Awful game, mediocre gameplay, poor performance beyond my understanding.

    Do not buy this game!
  27. MinePlay512
    Jan 25, 2023
    5
    Square Enix should be doing much better than this. Because this game is another disappointment of their and that will not help it's record
  28. DandyCrow
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Cringe and super-cringe is not nearly enough to describe this cringe pile of cringe s*it! This is what happens when you suddenly decide to appeal to a "gLoBaL AuDiEncE" that, (un)ironically, doesn't even exist!
  29. cheeseman585
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    I'm not sure why this is getting review bombed. It is as fun as any open-world exploration game like Assassin's Creed, but with a very fluid movement system and surprisingly deep combat. Unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, you'll likely breeze through most combat encounters after a few hours of exploration, but that means that there are legitimate rewards and reasons to goI'm not sure why this is getting review bombed. It is as fun as any open-world exploration game like Assassin's Creed, but with a very fluid movement system and surprisingly deep combat. Unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, you'll likely breeze through most combat encounters after a few hours of exploration, but that means that there are legitimate rewards and reasons to go exploring and pick up everything. The skill tree gives you a lot of choices, and the spellcraft system gives you a good reason to use everything and play around with abilities that you might not normally use.

    The story is different than a lot of stuff that you see, though still a little trope-y. The voice lines get repetitive during combat and exploration, but at least you get a good sense of the relationship between the characters. There's also interesting consequences for the actions that the player's character takes, with reasonable motivations and reactions. It probably won't win any rewards, but it gives you good motivation to continue exploring and go through the story areas.

    If you're someone who enjoys exploring a world and doesn't want Dark Souls level challenges, then there's a good chance you will enjoy playing this game.    … Expand
  30. joeviglione
    Jan 25, 2023
    2
    this game could have been so much cooler, except they chose to make it cringe. refunded.
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Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 125 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 77 out of 125
  3. Negative: 16 out of 125
  1. RPGamer
    Oct 10, 2023
    60
    Forspoken has plenty of other glaring issues like its occasionally janky platforming that results in Frey falling off buildings or its less than memorable soundtrack. It also has a number of additional points to praise like the scale of its cities and the cast of cute cat chimeras that Frey can lay down and cuddle with. This duality of fantastic ideas with less-than-stellar execution places Forspoken in a place where very few games end up — smack dab in the middle. It’s not so bad that it should be burned by fire, but not nearly good enough to make anyone’s game of the year list.
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  2. Pocket-lint
    Jun 23, 2023
    60
    Forspoken feels like an interesting blend of gameplay elements from Square Enix projects past and present, but we're not certain it all comes together. A middling story and combat make its fun parkour harder to bear.
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  3. GameMAG
    Mar 13, 2023
    60
    World exploration in Forspoken can bring you some real joy, and same could be said about the combat system. And yet the writing, weird visual presentation, and overall direction can really bring the whole experience down.
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